Awards & Rankings

Awards & Rankings

Baylor University enjoys high standing among many national rating services that evaluate quality of education, research activity, affordability, baccalaureate value, and athletic excellence. These rankings recognize not only Baylor as a whole, but also our many respected schools and departments, which are led by our gifted, award-winning professors. Their awards are too numerous to include.

In 2016, 86.5% of students found a job or started graduate school within 90 days of graduation. Baylor's dedication in placing students after graduation further demonstrates the institution's commitment to the success of Bears beyond their time in the classroom.

U.S. News & World Report

U.S. News & World Report ranks Baylor No. 75 on their annual review of colleges and universities. Baylor is a Tier 1 school among national universities. The magazine also lists Baylor University as No. 38 in the Best Colleges for Veterans ranking, No. 57 among Best Value Schools, and No. 62 on their list of High School Counselor Rankings among national universities.

Schools in the national universities category offer a full range of undergraduate majors, master's and doctoral degrees. These colleges also are committed to producing groundbreaking research.

Fiske Guide

The Fiske Guide to Colleges, a best-selling resource for college-bound students and their parents, lists Baylor University a "Best Buy" for 2017. Baylor is one of only 47 public and private colleges and universities in the United States, Canada and Great Britain to earn the designation.

American Bar Association (ABA) Pro Bono Publico Award

The Baylor Law School is one of only three law schools since 1984 to receive the prestigious American Bar Association's Pro Bono Publico Award—presented each year to five separate individuals and/or organizations that have “demonstrated outstanding commitment to volunteer legal services for the poor and disadvantaged.”

American Council of Trustees and Alumni: What Will They Learn

Baylor was one of only 23 universities nationwide to receive an "A" from the American Council of Trustees and Alumni in a 2015 report that gauges an institution's commitment to general education: composition, literature, foreign language at the intermediate level, U.S. government or history, economics, mathematics, and natural or physical science.

Chronicle of Higher Education: Great Colleges to Work for 2018

For the seventh time, Baylor University has attained elite Honor Roll status as a “2018 Great College to Work For,” according to a new survey by The Chronicle of Higher Education, a top trade publication for colleges and universities. Baylor is included in the large university category with 10,000 or more students.

Athletics: The Director's Cup

In the 2016-17 Learfield Director's Cup standings, Baylor ranked No. 24 in the nation. Baylor placed third among Big 12 universities, indicating the strength of the overall athletics program at Baylor.

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Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education

The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) recognized Baylor University as one of the top performing colleges and universities in the 2015 Sustainable Campus Index, as measured by the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System (STARS). The report also highlights best practices and sustainability innovations from more than 50 U.S., Canadian and Mexican institutions that have submitted a STARS report in the last 12 months.
Baylor received Silver designation for its sustainability efforts and was named among the Rising STARS for demonstrating significant commitment to advancing sustainability.

Colleges of Distinction

Baylor is listed in the 2015-2016 Colleges of Distinction publication for its innovative, teaching-centered, undergraduate education and its strong record of preparing graduates for real-world success.

Baylor accounting graduate students ranked No. 6 in the U.S. (and tops in Texas) for overall pass rate for first-time candidates on the Uniform Certified Public Accountant (CPA) exam. BU students also led the state with the highest average score.

Baylor University's Executive MBA program is ranked 89th among U.S. and international programs, according to the Financial Times' 2017 rankings. The program’s 64 percent increase in salary ranked No. 1 in Texas and in the top 20 internationally. It is also No. 2 in Texas for women participating in the program and in the top 15 for U.S.-based programs.

For the first time, the Executive MBA program (EMBA) at Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business has been named among the best programs in the world by Bloomberg Businessweek's 2011 Executive MBA ranking. Baylor is ranked 37th worldwide, and the program, which includes campuses in Dallas and Austin, also ranked third among programs in Texas.

Baylor's School of Education was ranked No. 84 by the 2019 U.S. News survey of 385 graduate programs in education. Rankings are based on a weighted average of 10 quality measures, such as assessment by peers and superintendents nationwide, student selectivity, faculty resources, and research activity.

Baylor's engineering program continues to be highly ranked coming in at No. 13 in the 2014 U.S. News survey of the "Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs." The category is for schools whose highest engineering degree offered is a bachelor's or master's degree.

The school's graduate engineering program debuted at No. 127 in the 2019 U.S. News survey of engineering schools that grant doctoral degrees.

In the engineering specialty rankings, Baylor’s graduate electrical engineering program moved up to No. 107, while the graduate program in mechanical engineering debuted in the latest rankings at No. 110 in the 2019 U.S. News survey.

Baylor's Hankamer School of Business was ranked at No. 59 in the 2019 U.S. News survey among the top-rated master's programs in business accredited by AACSB International. In all, 480 MBA programs were surveyed.

The MBA specialization in healthcare administration was ranked No. 17 in the 2015 U.S. News survey** of health care management programs.

The graduate program in entrepreneurship debuted at No. 24 in teh 2019 U.S. News survey.

Baylor’s online MBA program, which began in May 2014, was ranked No. 72 in the 2018 U.S. News survey based on factors such as admissions selectivity, reputation for excellence among peer institutions and academic and career support services offered to students.

The master of science degree in nursing (MSN) program at the Louise Herrington School of Nursing in Dallas is ranked No. 72 in the 2019 U.S. News survey**, while the school’s online master’s degree program in nursing was ranked No. 39 and the doctor of nursing practice (DNP) program ranked No. 54 in the same survey.

The nursing-midwifery program ranked No. 10 in the 2016 when it was last surveyed.

Academic Analytics data from 2016 places Baylor’s Philosophy PhD program in the top quartile nationally in the percentage of faculty with a book publication. Equally impressive, the firm's ranking of overall faculty scholarly productivity (publications, citations, books, and awards) places Baylor's Philosophy PhD program in the top 40 nationally, along with much older and more established programs such as Stanford University.

The Sales Education Foundation named Baylor's Center for Professional Selling a 2018 top program. Established in 1985 as the first sales center in the country, the center has gained prominence among national sales programs through its contributions as a full member of the University Sales Center Alliance (USCA), participation in 12 annual sales competitions, and its preparation of some of the finest sales professionals in the country.

According to Academic Analytics data from 2016, Baylor's doctoral program in religion ranked in the top 10 nationally in total book publications and in overall productivity, which places Baylor at the same general levels as programs such as Duke University and Yale University.